Middle Childhood
(grades 4 through 9)

Middle Childhood (grades 4 through 9) with specialization in two content areas: Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

The requirements for Middle Childhood licensure that all students have to take include:

• ED 201 Phonics
  
• ED 202 Instructional Technology (3)
  
• ED 221 Foundations of American Public Education (3)
  
• ED 228 Education of Exceptional Children (2)
  
• ED 229 Educational Psychology (3)
  
• ED 243 Foundations and Survey of Reading and Phonics (3)
  
• ED 345 Integrated Reading/Language Arts Methods: Middle School (4)
  
• ED 346 Reading Diagnosis and Remediation with Middle School Practicum (3)
  
• ED 348 Reading Diagnosis Practicum (1)
  
• ED 339 Middle Childhood Field Experience (1)
  
• ED 340 Principles and Practices of Middle Level Education (3)
  
• ED 349 Adv. Methods Practicum (2)
  
• ED 448 Student Teaching in the Middle School (11)
  
• ED 498 Internship Seminar (2)
  
• PE 334 Community First Aid and CPR (1)
  
• PY 227 Adolescence and Adult Psychology (3))
  

Choose Two Content Specializations From Those Listed Below:

Reading/Language Arts - 39 hours

• ED 201 Phonics (1)
  
• ED 243 Foundations and Survey of Reading and Phonics (3)
  
• ED 345 Integrated Reading/Language Arts Methods (4)
  
• ED 346 Reading Diagnosis and Remediation with Middle School Practicum (3)
  
• ED 348 Reading Diagnosis Practicum (1)
  
• ED 341 Adolescent Literature (3)
  
• EN 270 Advanced Composition (3)
  
• EN 310 Stories and Images of the Nonwestern World (3)*
  
• CA 111 Fundamentals of Oral Communication (3)*
  
• CA 123 Media Communication (3)
  
• CA 212 Small Group Communication (3)
  
• EN 111 Composition (3)*
  
• EN 280 Linguistics (3)
  
• EN 341 American Literature II (3)
  

*meets general education requirement

Mathematics - 30 hours

• MA 106 Pre-Calculus Mathematics (4)
  
• MA 201 Analytical Geometry and Calculus I (4)
  
• MA 202 Analytical Geometry and Calculus II (4)
  
• MA 300 History of Mathematics (3)
  
• MA 301 Linear Algebra (4)
  
• MA 304 Modern Geometry (4)
  
• MA 306 Probability and Statistics (4)
  
• ED 342 Teaching Mathematics in Middle School (3)
  

Science - 27 hours

• BI 120 Botany (4)
  
• BI 129 Zoology (4)
  
• BI 320 Ecology (4)
  
• CH 123 General Chemistry I (4)
  
• PH 100 Physical Science (4)
  
• PH 202 Introduction to Geology (4)
  
• ED 343 Teaching Science in Middle School (3)
  

*one biology and one physical science meet general education requirement.

Social Studies - 30 hours

• AH 111 Global Civilization 1 (3)*
  
• AH 112 Global Civilization 11 (3)*
  
• HI 221 US History to 1900 (3)
  
• HI 341 or 342 20th Century World History (3)
  
• PY 110 Introduction to Psychology (3) *
  
• PY 227 Adolescence and Adulthood Psychology (3)
  
• SO 120 Life in Society (3) *
  
• GE 232 World Geography (3)
  
• EC 205 Macroeconomics (3)
  
• ED 344 Teaching Social Studies in Middle School (3)
  

* meets general education requirement